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Positions
available for 2008-2009 season SECOND COOK (Filled for 2008/09) The Kay El Bar Second Cook will prepare and serve
staff breakfast at 7 a.m. and JOB REQUIREMENTS: The job responsibilities will be to serve the lunch on Saturday and prepare food for Saturday night dinner and the meals on Sunday. Must keep the kitchen clean and orderly, store usable leftovers and wash and put up the cooking pots, pans and utensils. The kitchen must be clean for the regular cook when he/she arrives Monday morning. OFFICE MANAGER (Filled for 2008/09) The primary function of the office manager is to deal with our guests.
This person is The Office Manager will begin work September 5. Training will be at the ranch and cover all aspects of the office and ranch in general. The Office Manager’s responsibilities include:
The Office Manager must be adept at Word, Access with some desktop
publishing helpful. Must be a self-starter and highly motivated to
create and maintain the best image of Kay El Bar at all times. The Office Manager works a 5 ½ day week (55-hour +/- work week). OPERATIONS DEPARTMENTKeeping our beautiful ranch clean and well maintained is as important as any other aspect of guest relations. The atmosphere established in our dining room and at our cook outs is also vitally important to our guests. Our operations staff is responsible for both areas--- upkeep of public rooms, outside areas, and guest rooms as well as towel laundry, serving food, doing dishes and maintaining the serving area of kitchen. HEAD OF OPERATIONS (Filled for 2008/09) Responsibilities of Head of Operations include:
The Head of Operations must be leader who can motivate and direct the operations staff and execute good quality control over the dining room and housekeeping areas. Must be a self starter with strong sense of responsibility and willingness to take the necessary effort to maintain the highest quality standards in the dining room, kitchen, public rooms and guest rooms. Works 5 ½ day week (55-hour +/- work week), split shift from 7:15 am to about 1:30 pm and from 6:30 pm to about 8:30 pm. OPERATIONS - HOUSEKEEPING / WAIT STAFF Duties include upkeep of public rooms, outside areas, and guest rooms as well as towel and rag laundry, serving food, doing dishes and maintaining serving area of itchen. Works 5 ½ day week (50-hour +/- work week), split shift from 7:15 am to about 1:30 pm and from 6:30 pm to about 8:30 pm. Must be detail oriented, able to focus on completion of tasks, organized and have excellent people skills. Warmth and smiles a must. Experience a plus. Works 5 ½ day week (50-hour +/- work week), split shift from 7:15 am to about 1:30 pm and from 6:30 pm to about 8:30 pm HEAD WRANGLER(Filled for 2008/09) Activity at the Kay El Bar centers around horseback riding. We have a diverse herd of horses, exceptional riding terrain and an excellent program of instruction.
The Head Wrangler must be a manager. He/she must have strong leadership qualities, a deep knowledge of horses and their day to day care and the ability to act quickly in emergency situations. He/she must have highly developed social skills and the intuitive ability to match guests with horses. Must be able to interact successfully with all personality types, ages and genders. The Head Wrangler works a 5 ½ day week (55-hour +/- work week), with schedule to be determined. Duties include the day to day care of the horses and tack. He/she must learn the trail system, lead trail rides, instruct guests in the Kay El Bar method of horseback riding and maintain leadership of horses and guests at the corral and on the trail. Must be a conversant trail guide willing to learn the Kay El Bar equine policies and procedures and able to instruct guests according to the ranch program. Good people skills a must. The Wrangler works a 5 ½ day week (55-hour +/- work week), to include morning feeding, and cocktails and dinner with guests twice a week. Duties include all aspects of ranch maintenance including some gardening. Must have basic knowledge of electrical, plumbing, carpentry and problem solving skills. Wrangler duties include the day to day care of the horses and tack. He/she must learn the trail system, lead trail rides, instruct guests in the Kay El Bar method of horseback riding and maintain leadership of horses and guests at the corral and on the trail. Must be a conversant trail guide willing to learn the Kay El Bar equine policies and procedures and able to instruct guests according to the ranch program. Good people skills a must.. The Maintenance/Wrangler works a 5 ½ day week (55-hour +/- work week), with schedule to be determined. DATESStaff reports for work September 23rd to the 30th to prepare for ranch opening October 12. The season ends May 1st and staff works through May 4th to close the ranch for the season. COMPENSATION and REQUIREMENTSEmployees are paid every other week thru the season with an end of season bonus. Room and board is provided at no charge to the staff. A Kay El Bar employee must be a team player who can work well with management and the other staff members. He/she must have a positive attitude, be pleasant to guests, able to get along with other people treating them with respect and consideration. He/she must be willing to follow the rules of the ranch and to present himself/herself to the public (at the ranch and in town) as a positive, supportive part of the Kay El Bar enterprise. (Note: all hours are approximate. We work until the job is finished.). Before applying to work for us, please read and be sure you can accept our policies and guidelines.
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guest breakfast at 8 a.m. five
mornings a week. He/she will support the head cook in whatever
manner the cook feels is most appropriate---baking or doing
prep. The Second Cook is responsible for Saturday dinner and
all meals on Sunday.
The operations part of the job
entails detailing areas of the ranch to ensure a high level of cleanliness. 
The Head Wranglers responsibilities include directing all aspects
of the Kay El Bar equine program: 